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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Learning Curve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris discovers that most of the boys in speech therapy are
(a) Unable to pronounce consonants correctly.
(b) Popular and smart.
(c) Unpopular and uninterested in sports.
(d) Unlike himself.

2. What instrument does Sedaris' father choose for him?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Piano.
(c) Flute.
(d) Trumpet.

3. Ironically, Sedaris and his siblings mock the fisherman's tan skin because
(a) It does not take the same kind of effort to achieve.
(b) It looks hard and leathery.
(c) It has been ruined by saltwater.
(d) It looks fake.

4. Rather than sports, Sedaris states that he and his fellow speech therapy students were more interested in
(a) Playing video games.
(b) Studying and graduating early.
(c) Fighting and lifting weights.
(d) Baking, making scrapbooks, and doing art projects.

5. Instead of the performance piece in the twelfth "moment," Sedaris seems to admire
(a) The courage of the performer.
(b) The beauty of the ordinary world around him.
(c) The number of people attending the performance.
(d) The metaphors apparent in the performance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the fishermen interested in Lou Sedaris' equation?

2. Sedaris' mother might be described as

3. The name "Rooster" came from

4. What prompts Lou Sedaris to enroll his children in music lessons?

5. Sedaris wonders at the way Paul and his father

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